| Lord N said: Using Metacritic is stupid as it's nothing more than a rating system based on opinions. There is no objective standard by which to determine whether or not the games of one console are better than those of another because one person's idea of what's good, bad, better, and worse does not encompass the entire world. A whole lot of opinions put together doesn't equal fact, either. |
....if using Metacritic is stupid, because it's nothing more than a rating system based on opinions, then that would have to mean that the opinions themselves are stupid, because obviously, if the opinions weren't stupid, any rating system based on their worthiness would have to contain some merit. Sooooooooo....if, like you stated, those opinions are in fact stupid, than not a single game out there is good or bad, they must all be equal when compared to each other. Right? That must mean you don't have a favorite game, or a game you despise... you like them all equally. If you don't, if you have favorites, than that means you have an opinion with some type of value... and that my little friend, is what Metacritic is...it's an overall weighting system for all the individual opinions out there. If there are more favorable ones, it adds 'em up and contrasts them to less than favorable ones. Becuase no definitive standard exists to measure the worth of games with any type of sientific accuracy, "There is no objective standard by which to determine whether or not the games of one console are better than those of another" we're left with the only other option...the accumulative value of objectivity, weighted both positive and negative.
Thank you..thank you, no really, please....yes, thank you...I know..thank you....... what?...Oh, that's sweet thank you.....
